US President Barack Obama walked up to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the reception hosted by British Premier Gordon Brown and officials said the two leaders talks animatedly for close to 10 minutes.
This was their meeting since since Obama assumed office on January 20.
A member of the Indian delegation said, "President Obama walked up to the prime minister and spoke to him for almost 10 minutes."
The interaction on Wednesday set the stage for the bilateral meeting between the two leaders and their delegations later on Thursday.
Diplomatic sources said several world leaders were particularly keen to listen to the Indian prime minister, the Oxford-educated economist who had fashioned the country's economic reforms in the early 1990s as finance minister.
"Over the last five years, our PM has emerged as a highly respected leader at international gatherings," a diplomat said, maintaining that Manmohan Singh's views were considered seriously by all the G20 leaders.
At the reception hosted by Brown, the prime minister said the rise of protectionist sentiment in the industrialised world was an issue of vital concern to developing countries.

US President Barack Obama walked up to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the reception hosted by British Premier Gordon Brown and officials said the two leaders talks animatedly for close to 10 minutes.

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